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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaMolluscaGastropodaStylommatophoraPolygyridaeStenotrema

Hairy Slitmouth
Stenotrema hirsutum (Say, 1817)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Stylommatophora
Family Polygyridae
Genus Stenotrema
Species Stenotrema hirsutum (Say, 1817)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Trogloxene
Realm
Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from two counties in Kentucky.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Kentucky

Counties

Kentucky
Edmonson, Pulaski

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

Canada
N2 Imperiled
United States
N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

Ontario
S1 Critically Imperiled
NJ
SNR Unranked
District of Columbia
SNR Unranked
Virginia
S4 Apparently Secure
North Carolina
S5 Secure
Michigan
SNR Unranked
Tennessee
S5 Secure
Connecticut
SNR Unranked
Illinois
SNR Unranked
Maryland
SNR Unranked
Alabama
SNR Unranked
Massachusetts
SNR Unranked
DE
S1 Critically Imperiled
Mississippi
SNR Unranked
New York
SNR Unranked
West Virginia
SNR Unranked
Kentucky
S4 Apparently Secure
Kansas
SNR Unranked
Indiana
SNR Unranked
Pennsylvania
S4 Apparently Secure
Ohio
SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Bailey, V. 1933. Cave Life of Kentucky. US Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Biological Survey, Washington, DC, USA. 256 pp.
  • Barr, T.C., Jr. & Kuehne, R.A. 1971. Ecological studies in the Mammoth Cave system of Kentucky. II. The Ecosystem. Annales de Speleologie 26: 47–96. doi:10.5038/1827-806X.3.1.10
  • Giovannoli, L. 1933. Invertebrate life of Mammoth and other neighboring caves. In: Bailey, V. (ed), Cave Life of Kentucky, pp. 600–623.
  • Lewis, J.J. 2004. Interstate 66 karst faunal study. Environmental Impact Statement. 17 pp.

How to cite this account

Stenotrema hirsutum (Say, 1817). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2964. https://cavebiology.org/species/stenotrema-hirsutum/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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